Champlain College Healthcare Setting Discussion Describe a healthcare setting that you have personally seen or experienced where a measurement activity sho

Champlain College Healthcare Setting Discussion Describe a healthcare setting that you have personally seen or experienced where a measurement activity should be conducted to improve a specific aspect of the healthcare delivery or services provided. Propose a measurement approach to address the need to quantify and assess the setting that you are describing. Be as specific and detailed as possible – think of this as a summary of a measurement plan for a specific setting. I would recommend that you keep the focus fairly narrow in terms of the setting or circumstances so that it is easier to communicate the specifics to your colleagues. Also consider the table on page 96 of the text; is data for the topic of your proposed measurement currently available to the public. If so, discuss any additional resources which might help guide your measurement plan. Sponsor
Description of Publicly Available Data
Agency for Healthcare Research The National Healthcare Quality Report includes national
and Quality (AHRQ
estimates of nearly 50 performance measures, including
(www.ahrq.gov/qual/measurix.htm) dimensions of healthcare quality, stages of healthcare, clini-
cal conditions, settings of care, and access to healthcare.
Centers for Disease Control and The National Healthcare Safety Network provides information
Prevention (www.cdc.gov/ncidod/ about healthcare-associated infection rates.
dhqp/surveillance.html)
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid CMS provides various performance measurement data,
Services (CMS)
including patient satisfaction data, for hospitals, nursing
(www.medicare.gov)
homes, home health agencies, and dialysis facilities.
Commission on Cancer of the The National Cancer Data Base contains information on
American College of Surgeons cancer care in the United States, including tumor staging
(www.facs.org/cancer/ncdb) and histology characteristics, type of first-course treatment
administered, disease recurrence, and survival information.
The Commonwealth Fund
(www.whynotthebest.org)
Healthcare Cost and Utilization
Project, sponsored by AHRQ
(http://hcupnet.ahrq.gov)
The Joint Commission
(www.qualitycheck.org)
WhyNotTheBest.org is a resource for healthcare profession-
als interested in tracking performance on various measures
of healthcare quality.
The Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project includes health
statistics and information on hospital inpatient, emergency
department utilization, and AHRQ quality indicators.
Quality Checks are reports on the performance of accredited
organizations in key areas of patient care.
Leapfrog Group
(www.leapfroggroup.org)
Hospital survey of quality and safety, focusing on hospital
structures, processes of care, and outcomes.
National Cancer Data Base (NCDB) Nationwide oncology outcomes database for more than 1,500
(www.facs.org/cancer/ncdb) cancer programs in the United States and Puerto Rico.
National Committee for Quality NCQA provides health plan and managed behavioral health-
Assurance (NCQA) (http:// care organization performance measurement results for
reportcard.ncqa.org/plan/external) quality of care, access to care, and member satisfaction with
health plans and doctors.
National Trauma Data Bank (NTDB) NTDB annual adult and pediatric reports contain descriptive
(www.facs.org/trauma/ntdb) information about trauma patients, including demographics,
injury information, and outcomes.

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